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Inertia, the behaviour of doing nothing and allowing the current situation to prevail, is
reported in many empirical pension studies. However, the reasons for the behaviour are
not agreed. Various explanations include: ...

This paper focuses on the question: “Will automatic enrolment (AE) legislation impact on
the participation rates for small firms?” We develop a model to explain why large
organisations are more likely to offer pensions ...

Concepts from bounded rationality, particularly biases, are frequently used to
explain the successes and the failures of pension scheme defaults. This
research suggests that pension literature has focused on pension ...

Medtronic Vascular is a US-based multinational that develops technologies to
provide lifelong solutions for people with chronic diseases. Over 2,000 people
are employed in Ireland with most of the company’s employees ...

The pension situation faced by all Irish workers is complex and uncertain. Further, it is
possible that the state will be unable to maintain the current level of pension provision in
real terms. This is based on demographic ...

This paper reports on qualitative research based on 24 semi-structured
interviews, using a stratified sample with employees in a single case study
setting. The employing organisation is Medtronic, a US-based multinational ...

Replicating global trends, the Irish Republic has been mired in a deepening fiscal and economic crisis since 2008. At workplace level there has been a steady increase in cash-strapped firms forced to restructure and/or ...

There has been significant development in the way industrial conflict and worker resistance has been analysed over the past fifteen years. While researchers have observed the quantitative decline of traditional forms of ...

Non-union employee representation is an area which has attracted much interest in the voice literature. Much of the relevant literature has been shaped by a dialogue which considers NERs as a means of union avoidance. More ...

The last decade witnessed growing academic evidence suggesting that HR practices are an important predictor of organisational performance. However, the reality is that we know very little about the intermediary mechanisms ...